British Writers: Thomas Middleton to George FarquharThis collection of critical essays covers hundreds of writers who have made significant contributions to British, Irish, and Commonwealth literature from the 14th century to the present day. The contributors analyze many individual works and engage the reader withtheir distinctive themes and stylistic. Introductory essays and chronological tables open each volume and provide historical background. |
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... PHILASTER THIS method of stylized patterning and contrasting of characters in The Faithful Shepherdess points forward to the two tragicomedies Philaster ( 1608- 1610 ) and A King and No King ( 1611 ) . Yet the texts of these two plays ...
... PHILASTER THIS method of stylized patterning and contrasting of characters in The Faithful Shepherdess points forward to the two tragicomedies Philaster ( 1608- 1610 ) and A King and No King ( 1611 ) . Yet the texts of these two plays ...
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... Philaster to quieten the mob : They will not hear me speak , but fling dirt at me , and call me Tyrant . Oh run dear friend , and bring the Lord Philaster : speak him fair , call him Prince , do him all the courtesy you can , commend me ...
... Philaster to quieten the mob : They will not hear me speak , but fling dirt at me , and call me Tyrant . Oh run dear friend , and bring the Lord Philaster : speak him fair , call him Prince , do him all the courtesy you can , commend me ...
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... Philaster : Their Function and Sig- nificance , " Studies in Philology , 43 ( 1946 ) ; J. E. Savage , " Beaumont and Fletcher's Philaster and Sidney's Arcadia " in English Language History , 14 ( 1947 ) ; J. E. Savage , " The Date of ...
... Philaster : Their Function and Sig- nificance , " Studies in Philology , 43 ( 1946 ) ; J. E. Savage , " Beaumont and Fletcher's Philaster and Sidney's Arcadia " in English Language History , 14 ( 1947 ) ; J. E. Savage , " The Date of ...
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